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Welcome to the Fantasy Football Waiver Wire for Week 10.
Believe it or not, we’re at the halfway point of the NFL season. Each team has played either eight or nine of 17 games. The fantasy football playoff push is officially here. This isn’t a great week for free agents, but with all the injuries we’ve had and four more teams on Bye in Week 10, working the waiver wire is crucial. If you aren’t using the wire to your advantage, you’re giving up ground to the competition.
The Process***:*** Each week, I try to identify the top Waiver Wire targets and evaluate the short- and long-term prospects of those players. I also do my best to reveal which players who are coming off a big week are fool’s gold. Finally, I look at streamers who might help you in a pinch.
Note that I’m writing this column BEFORE the Week 9 Monday night game (ARI@DAL), AND before the NFL’s trade deadline (Tuesday, 4 p.m. ET). NFL trades could shake things up, and create opportunities for a few players that aren’t rostered in lots of leagues.
Some players discussed won’t be available in your league. I try to list players who are available in more than 50% of leagues. But what does that even mean? A 10-team league with six bench spots will have a much larger Free Agent pool than a 14-team league with eight. Most leagues fall somewhere in between. This isn’t “one size fits all.” By way of example, I won’t list Jaxson Dart, Matthew Stafford, Kyle Monangai, Tyrone Tracy, Jr., Bam Knight, R.J. Harvey, Troy Franklin, or Harold Fannin, Jr., among others who probably aren’t available in any of your leagues.
WEEK 10 BYES: CIN, DAL, KC, TEN
*Week 10 Waiver Wire
Quarterback:
Quarterback availability varies widely between 1-QB and Superflex/2-QB leagues.
Justin Fields was dropped in some leagues and especially with the Jets on Bye in Week 9. He should continue starting after he led the team to its first Win before the Bye, and his elite rushing upside always makes him intriguing for fantasy. Garrett Wilson’s return will also help. The Jets have one of the tastiest schedules for quarterbacks during the fantasy playoffs (MIA, JAC, NO), so even if you don’t need Fields now, he’s worth stashing if you’ve got space.
Joe Flacco is the poster child for 40 is the new 30, and just like in 2023 when he caught fire late with the Browns, he’s making a case to be a low-end QB1 the rest of the way. The Bengals’ defense just gave up 86 points in two weeks to the Jets and Bears, at home. Read that sentence again. If you thought the 2024 Cincinnati defense was garbage (and it was), get a load of this group. Awful defense forces the offense to keep its foot on the gas, and Flacco still has a big and capable right arm. Flacco has attempted at least 40 passes in all four of...
